These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

These are the updates for Tuesday, January 27, 2026, as Donald Trump campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her country will continue to show “solidarity” with Cuba after media reports that her government halted a shipment of oil to Havana.Mexico has in recent years become a top supplier of oil to Cuba, which relies on cut-price oil supplies from its allies to survive a US trade embargo and keep t...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her country will continue to show “solidarity” with Cuba after media reports that her government halted a shipment of oil to Havana.Mexico has in recent years become a top supplier of oil to Cuba, which relies on cut-price oil supplies from its allies to survive a US trade embargo and keep t...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her country will continue to show “solidarity” with Cuba after media reports that her government halted a shipment of oil to Havana.Mexico has in recent years become a top supplier of oil to Cuba, which relies on cut-price oil supplies from its allies to survive a US trade embargo and keep t...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her country will continue to show “solidarity” with Cuba after media reports that her government halted a shipment of oil to Havana.Mexico has in recent years become a top supplier of oil to Cuba, which relies on cut-price oil supplies from its allies to survive a US trade embargo and keep t...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her country will continue to show “solidarity” with Cuba after media reports that her government halted a shipment of oil to Havana.Mexico has in recent years become a top supplier of oil to Cuba, which relies on cut-price oil supplies from its allies to survive a US trade embargo and keep t...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her country will continue to show “solidarity” with Cuba after media reports that her government halted a shipment of oil to Havana.Mexico has in recent years become a top supplier of oil to Cuba, which relies on cut-price oil supplies from its allies to survive a US trade embargo and keep t...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her country will continue to show “solidarity” with Cuba after media reports that her government halted a shipment of oil to Havana.Mexico has in recent years become a top supplier of oil to Cuba, which relies on cut-price oil supplies from its allies to survive a US trade embargo and keep t...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her country will continue to show “solidarity” with Cuba after media reports that her government halted a shipment of oil to Havana.Mexico has in recent years become a top supplier of oil to Cuba, which relies on cut-price oil supplies from its allies to survive a US trade embargo and keep t...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her country will continue to show “solidarity” with Cuba after media reports that her government halted a shipment of oil to Havana.Mexico has in recent years become a top supplier of oil to Cuba, which relies on cut-price oil supplies from its allies to survive a US trade embargo and keep t...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her country will continue to show “solidarity” with Cuba after media reports that her government halted a shipment of oil to Havana.Mexico has in recent years become a top supplier of oil to Cuba, which relies on cut-price oil supplies from its allies to survive a US trade embargo and keep t...

United States Representative for Minnesota Ilhan Omar was sprayed with an unknown substance by an assailant while calling for the abolition of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency at a town hall meeting in Minneapolis.Omar was not injured in the attack on Tuesday, and authorities said the assailant – an unnamed man...

United States Representative for Minnesota Ilhan Omar was sprayed with an unknown substance by an assailant while calling for the abolition of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency at a town hall meeting in Minneapolis.Omar was not injured in the attack on Tuesday, and authorities said the assailant – an unnamed man...

United States Representative for Minnesota Ilhan Omar was sprayed with an unknown substance by an assailant while calling for the abolition of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency at a town hall meeting in Minneapolis.Omar was not injured in the attack on Tuesday, and authorities said the assailant – an unnamed man...

United States Representative for Minnesota Ilhan Omar was sprayed with an unknown substance by an assailant while calling for the abolition of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency at a town hall meeting in Minneapolis.Omar was not injured in the attack on Tuesday, and authorities said the assailant – an unnamed man...

United States Representative for Minnesota Ilhan Omar was sprayed with an unknown substance by an assailant while calling for the abolition of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency at a town hall meeting in Minneapolis.Omar was not injured in the attack on Tuesday, and authorities said the assailant – an unnamed man...

United States Representative for Minnesota Ilhan Omar was sprayed with an unknown substance by an assailant while calling for the abolition of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency at a town hall meeting in Minneapolis.Omar was not injured in the attack on Tuesday, and authorities said the assailant – an unnamed man...

United States Representative for Minnesota Ilhan Omar was sprayed with an unknown substance by an assailant while calling for the abolition of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency at a town hall meeting in Minneapolis.Omar was not injured in the attack on Tuesday, and authorities said the assailant – an unnamed man...

United States Representative for Minnesota Ilhan Omar was sprayed with an unknown substance by an assailant while calling for the abolition of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency at a town hall meeting in Minneapolis.Omar was not injured in the attack on Tuesday, and authorities said the assailant – an unnamed man...

United States Representative for Minnesota Ilhan Omar was sprayed with an unknown substance by an assailant while calling for the abolition of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency at a town hall meeting in Minneapolis.Omar was not injured in the attack on Tuesday, and authorities said the assailant – an unnamed man...

United States Representative for Minnesota Ilhan Omar was sprayed with an unknown substance by an assailant while calling for the abolition of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency at a town hall meeting in Minneapolis.Omar was not injured in the attack on Tuesday, and authorities said the assailant – an unnamed man...

US President Donald Trump said his administration intends to “de-escalate” the spiralling crisis in the state of Minnesota after federal agents killed two United States citizens, including intensive care nurse Alex Pretti, who was shot by two Border Patrol officers over the weekend.“I don’t think it’s a pullback. It’s a little bit...

US President Donald Trump said his administration intends to “de-escalate” the spiralling crisis in the state of Minnesota after federal agents killed two United States citizens, including intensive care nurse Alex Pretti, who was shot by two Border Patrol officers over the weekend.“I don’t think it’s a pullback. It’s a little bit...

US President Donald Trump said his administration intends to “de-escalate” the spiralling crisis in the state of Minnesota after federal agents killed two United States citizens, including intensive care nurse Alex Pretti, who was shot by two Border Patrol officers over the weekend.“I don’t think it’s a pullback. It’s a little bit...

US President Donald Trump said his administration intends to “de-escalate” the spiralling crisis in the state of Minnesota after federal agents killed two United States citizens, including intensive care nurse Alex Pretti, who was shot by two Border Patrol officers over the weekend.“I don’t think it’s a pullback. It’s a little bit...

US President Donald Trump said his administration intends to “de-escalate” the spiralling crisis in the state of Minnesota after federal agents killed two United States citizens, including intensive care nurse Alex Pretti, who was shot by two Border Patrol officers over the weekend.“I don’t think it’s a pullback. It’s a little bit...

US President Donald Trump said his administration intends to “de-escalate” the spiralling crisis in the state of Minnesota after federal agents killed two United States citizens, including intensive care nurse Alex Pretti, who was shot by two Border Patrol officers over the weekend.“I don’t think it’s a pullback. It’s a little bit...

US President Donald Trump said his administration intends to “de-escalate” the spiralling crisis in the state of Minnesota after federal agents killed two United States citizens, including intensive care nurse Alex Pretti, who was shot by two Border Patrol officers over the weekend.“I don’t think it’s a pullback. It’s a little bit...

US President Donald Trump said his administration intends to “de-escalate” the spiralling crisis in the state of Minnesota after federal agents killed two United States citizens, including intensive care nurse Alex Pretti, who was shot by two Border Patrol officers over the weekend.“I don’t think it’s a pullback. It’s a little bit...

US President Donald Trump said his administration intends to “de-escalate” the spiralling crisis in the state of Minnesota after federal agents killed two United States citizens, including intensive care nurse Alex Pretti, who was shot by two Border Patrol officers over the weekend.“I don’t think it’s a pullback. It’s a little bit...

US President Donald Trump said his administration intends to “de-escalate” the spiralling crisis in the state of Minnesota after federal agents killed two United States citizens, including intensive care nurse Alex Pretti, who was shot by two Border Patrol officers over the weekend.“I don’t think it’s a pullback. It’s a little bit...

TikTok has agreed to settle a landmark lawsuit on social media addiction, according to one of the plaintiff’s lawyers, on the day the trial was due to start against two remaining companies.TikTok is one ​of four companies, including Meta, Snap and YouTube, ‍which is a unit of Alphabet-owned Google, facing allegations that their pla...

TikTok has agreed to settle a landmark lawsuit on social media addiction, according to one of the plaintiff’s lawyers, on the day the trial was due to start against two remaining companies.TikTok is one ​of four companies, including Meta, Snap and YouTube, ‍which is a unit of Alphabet-owned Google, facing allegations that their pla...

TikTok has agreed to settle a landmark lawsuit on social media addiction, according to one of the plaintiff’s lawyers, on the day the trial was due to start against two remaining companies.TikTok is one ​of four companies, including Meta, Snap and YouTube, ‍which is a unit of Alphabet-owned Google, facing allegations that their pla...

TikTok has agreed to settle a landmark lawsuit on social media addiction, according to one of the plaintiff’s lawyers, on the day the trial was due to start against two remaining companies.TikTok is one ​of four companies, including Meta, Snap and YouTube, ‍which is a unit of Alphabet-owned Google, facing allegations that their pla...

TikTok has agreed to settle a landmark lawsuit on social media addiction, according to one of the plaintiff’s lawyers, on the day the trial was due to start against two remaining companies.TikTok is one ​of four companies, including Meta, Snap and YouTube, ‍which is a unit of Alphabet-owned Google, facing allegations that their pla...

TikTok has agreed to settle a landmark lawsuit on social media addiction, according to one of the plaintiff’s lawyers, on the day the trial was due to start against two remaining companies.TikTok is one ​of four companies, including Meta, Snap and YouTube, ‍which is a unit of Alphabet-owned Google, facing allegations that their pla...

TikTok has agreed to settle a landmark lawsuit on social media addiction, according to one of the plaintiff’s lawyers, on the day the trial was due to start against two remaining companies.TikTok is one ​of four companies, including Meta, Snap and YouTube, ‍which is a unit of Alphabet-owned Google, facing allegations that their pla...

TikTok has agreed to settle a landmark lawsuit on social media addiction, according to one of the plaintiff’s lawyers, on the day the trial was due to start against two remaining companies.TikTok is one ​of four companies, including Meta, Snap and YouTube, ‍which is a unit of Alphabet-owned Google, facing allegations that their pla...

TikTok has agreed to settle a landmark lawsuit on social media addiction, according to one of the plaintiff’s lawyers, on the day the trial was due to start against two remaining companies.TikTok is one ​of four companies, including Meta, Snap and YouTube, ‍which is a unit of Alphabet-owned Google, facing allegations that their pla...

TikTok has agreed to settle a landmark lawsuit on social media addiction, according to one of the plaintiff’s lawyers, on the day the trial was due to start against two remaining companies.TikTok is one ​of four companies, including Meta, Snap and YouTube, ‍which is a unit of Alphabet-owned Google, facing allegations that their pla...

The world is closer than ever to destruction, scientists have said, as the Doomsday Clock was set at 85 seconds to midnight for 2026, the gloomiest assessment of humanity’s prospects since the beginning of the tradition in 1947.The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a not-for-profit organisation founded by Albert Einstein and other...

The world is closer than ever to destruction, scientists have said, as the Doomsday Clock was set at 85 seconds to midnight for 2026, the gloomiest assessment of humanity’s prospects since the beginning of the tradition in 1947.The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a not-for-profit organisation founded by Albert Einstein and other...

The world is closer than ever to destruction, scientists have said, as the Doomsday Clock was set at 85 seconds to midnight for 2026, the gloomiest assessment of humanity’s prospects since the beginning of the tradition in 1947.The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a not-for-profit organisation founded by Albert Einstein and other...

The world is closer than ever to destruction, scientists have said, as the Doomsday Clock was set at 85 seconds to midnight for 2026, the gloomiest assessment of humanity’s prospects since the beginning of the tradition in 1947.The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a not-for-profit organisation founded by Albert Einstein and other...

The world is closer than ever to destruction, scientists have said, as the Doomsday Clock was set at 85 seconds to midnight for 2026, the gloomiest assessment of humanity’s prospects since the beginning of the tradition in 1947.The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a not-for-profit organisation founded by Albert Einstein and other...

The world is closer than ever to destruction, scientists have said, as the Doomsday Clock was set at 85 seconds to midnight for 2026, the gloomiest assessment of humanity’s prospects since the beginning of the tradition in 1947.The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a not-for-profit organisation founded by Albert Einstein and other...

The world is closer than ever to destruction, scientists have said, as the Doomsday Clock was set at 85 seconds to midnight for 2026, the gloomiest assessment of humanity’s prospects since the beginning of the tradition in 1947.The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a not-for-profit organisation founded by Albert Einstein and other...

The world is closer than ever to destruction, scientists have said, as the Doomsday Clock was set at 85 seconds to midnight for 2026, the gloomiest assessment of humanity’s prospects since the beginning of the tradition in 1947.The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a not-for-profit organisation founded by Albert Einstein and other...

The world is closer than ever to destruction, scientists have said, as the Doomsday Clock was set at 85 seconds to midnight for 2026, the gloomiest assessment of humanity’s prospects since the beginning of the tradition in 1947.The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a not-for-profit organisation founded by Albert Einstein and other...

The world is closer than ever to destruction, scientists have said, as the Doomsday Clock was set at 85 seconds to midnight for 2026, the gloomiest assessment of humanity’s prospects since the beginning of the tradition in 1947.The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a not-for-profit organisation founded by Albert Einstein and other...

US President Donald Trump has said he is “very happy” with developments in Syria, after a Syrian army offensive against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), previously backed by Washington.Trump made the comments after a call with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, before the Syrian leader’s departure for Moscow to meet w...

US President Donald Trump has said he is “very happy” with developments in Syria, after a Syrian army offensive against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), previously backed by Washington.Trump made the comments after a call with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, before the Syrian leader’s departure for Moscow to meet w...

US President Donald Trump has said he is “very happy” with developments in Syria, after a Syrian army offensive against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), previously backed by Washington.Trump made the comments after a call with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, before the Syrian leader’s departure for Moscow to meet w...

US President Donald Trump has said he is “very happy” with developments in Syria, after a Syrian army offensive against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), previously backed by Washington.Trump made the comments after a call with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, before the Syrian leader’s departure for Moscow to meet w...

US President Donald Trump has said he is “very happy” with developments in Syria, after a Syrian army offensive against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), previously backed by Washington.Trump made the comments after a call with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, before the Syrian leader’s departure for Moscow to meet w...

US President Donald Trump has said he is “very happy” with developments in Syria, after a Syrian army offensive against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), previously backed by Washington.Trump made the comments after a call with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, before the Syrian leader’s departure for Moscow to meet w...

US President Donald Trump has said he is “very happy” with developments in Syria, after a Syrian army offensive against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), previously backed by Washington.Trump made the comments after a call with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, before the Syrian leader’s departure for Moscow to meet w...

US President Donald Trump has said he is “very happy” with developments in Syria, after a Syrian army offensive against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), previously backed by Washington.Trump made the comments after a call with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, before the Syrian leader’s departure for Moscow to meet w...

US President Donald Trump has said he is “very happy” with developments in Syria, after a Syrian army offensive against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), previously backed by Washington.Trump made the comments after a call with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, before the Syrian leader’s departure for Moscow to meet w...

US President Donald Trump has said he is “very happy” with developments in Syria, after a Syrian army offensive against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), previously backed by Washington.Trump made the comments after a call with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, before the Syrian leader’s departure for Moscow to meet w...

The United States says it will control sales of Venezuelan oil “indefinitely” and decide how the proceeds of those sales are used, as President Donald Trump’s administration consolidates control over the South American country after abducting its president.The US Department of Energy said on Wednesday that it had “begun marketing”...

The administration of United States President Donald Trump  has reaffirmed that it plans to dictate terms to the interim government of Venezuela, following the abduction of leader Nicolas Maduro over the weekend.On Wednesday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed the US attack on Venezuela for the first time in a news briefing...

European leaders, including in France and Germany, have announced they are working on a plan in the event the United States follows through on its threat to take over Greenland as tensions soar.French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told France Inter radio on Wednesday that while nations want to act if the US moves to seize Green...

The United States has raised the prospect of using military force to take control of Greenland as leaders in Europe and Canada rallied behind the Arctic territory, saying the island belongs to its people.In a statement on Tuesday, the White House said US President Donald Trump sees acquiring Greenland, which is part of Denmark, as...

United States President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio say they want to free up the flow of Venezuelan oil to benefit Venezuelans after US forces abducted President Nicolas Maduro from Caracas.“We’re going to rebuild the oil infrastructure, which requires billions of dollars that will be paid for by the oil compani...

The US special forces commandeered a Russian-flagged oil tanker with links to Venezuela in the North Atlantic after a weeks-long pursuit, drawing a sharp rebuke from Moscow.The US military’s European Command said the Marinera oil tanker, originally known as the Bella-1, was seized on Wednesday “for violations of US sanctions”.Recom...

A federal officer with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has fatally shot a woman in a residential neighbourhood in Minneapolis amid protests over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in the area.Details of the killing in the largest city in the state of Minnesota were still emerging on Wednesday, but video of th...

Since the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by US special forces, President Donald Trump has promised US investment in the country’s underproductive oil fields.“We’re going to have our very large United States oil companies, the biggest anywhere in the world, go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken inf...

Over the weekend, the United States carried out a large-scale military strike against Venezuela and abducted President Nicolas Maduro in a major escalation that sent shockwaves across Latin America.On Monday morning, US President Donald Trump doubled down, threatening action against the governments of Colombia, Cuba and Mexico unle...

Millions of Christians, including those in Eastern Europe and across the Arab world, such as Palestine and Egypt, are celebrating Christmas today.Christmas Day commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, who was born in Bethlehem.However, for these communities, which number about 250 million people, the most important day of the season...

US President Donald Trump sees Greenland as a United States national security priority to deter Washington’s “adversaries in the Arctic region”, according to a White House statement released on Tuesday.The statement came days after Trump told reporters that the US needs Greenland from a national security perspective because it is “...

Washington, DC – It has become a familiar pattern. United States presidents conduct unilateral military actions abroad. Congress shrugs.On Saturday, in the hours after the US military abducted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, Democrats in the Senate pledged to raise yet another resolution to rein in US President Donald Trump’s mil...

Colombia’s Foreign Minister Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio has warned that her country would answer any breach of its sovereignty with a military response, in the wake of threats from United States President Donald Trump.At a news conference on Tuesday, Villavicencio underscored that, under international law, countries have the right t...

President Donald Trump has warned Republicans in the United States House of Representatives that, if the party fails to win a majority in November’s midterm elections, he will get impeached.Speaking to legislators at a Republican retreat in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, Trump stressed the importance of keeping control of the chambe...

Leading medical groups in the United States have raised alarm after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under President Donald Trump took the unprecedented step of cutting the number of vaccines it recommends for children.Monday’s sweeping decision, which advances the agenda of Trump-appointed Secretary of Health R...

Americans are evenly split in their support for the US military operation to abduct Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, an opinion poll has found.Thirty-three percent of Americans support Maduro’s abduction, compared with 34 percent who are against it and 32 percent who are not sure, the Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Monday.Recomme...

Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), including key US allies, have warned that the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife by US special forces could be a precedent-setting event for international law.The 15-member bloc met for an emergency meeting on Monday in New York City, where the Venezu...

A number of European leaders have hit back at United States President Donald Trump’s repeated calls for the US to take over Greenland, as reverberations from Washington’s military attack on Venezuela and the abduction of its leader are felt across the globe.Seven European leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, German...

Following the abduction of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro on Saturday, United States President Donald Trump said Washington would “run” the Latin American country until a transition was complete, but a day later, his top diplomat said the US does not want to govern the country.Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that th...

Two days after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, 63, was abducted by special forces of the United States during an operation in the Latin American country, he appeared in a courthouse in New York.On Monday, Maduro pleaded not guilty to federal charges, including narcoterrorism and conspiring to import cocaine. In a blue and oran...

In a move that stunned the world, the United States bombed Venezuela and abducted President Nicolas Maduro amid condemnation and plaudits.In a news conference on Saturday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, US President Donald Trump praised the operation to seize Maduro as one of the “most stunning, effective and powerful displays...

China has called on the United States to immediately release Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro after Washington carried out massive military strikes on the capital, Caracas, as well as other regions, and abducted the leader.Beijing on Sunday insisted the safety of Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores be a priority, and called on the...

United States President Donald Trump has set out to justify the attack launched on Venezuela and Washington imposing its will in Latin America by citing a policy from a 19th century president.Trump on Saturday called the raid that led to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro being abducted an update to the Monroe Doctrine, the 1823 d...

For weeks, United States President Donald Trump and his officials said the rhetoric and military posturing against Venezuela were aimed at countering the flow of narcotics.But abundant evidence, including Trump’s own words in the aftermath of the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro, suggests that Washington’s true interest lies i...

The US has bombed Venezuela and toppled President Nicolas Maduro, who was abducted with his wife and taken to New York.

United States President Donald Trump said that a US military assault succeeded in capturing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, both facing US charges related to cocaine trafficking under newly unsealed indictments.In a January 3 news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Trump said the US would “run the country unt...

Since coming down the escalator in 2015 to announce his first presidential run, Donald Trump has presented himself as a break from the traditional hawkish foreign policy in the United States.The US president has even criticised some of his political rivals as “warmongers” and “war hawks”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of...

The United States Coast Guard has said it has suspended its search for survivors days after the US military said it struck two more boats in the eastern Pacific amid its ongoing military campaign in waters in and around Venezuela.In a statement shared on its website on Friday, the Coast Guard said the three-day search had been focu...

United States President Donald Trump has said the US has carried out a “large-scale strike” against Venezuela and “captured” the country’s leader, President Nicolas Maduro.In a post on Truth Social, Trump claimed Maduro and his wife had been “captured and flown out of the country” following the operation, which the US leader said w...

United States President Donald Trump announced on Saturday morning that his country’s forces had bombed Venezuela and captured the South American nation’s president, Nicolas Maduro, and First Lady Cilia Flores in a dramatic overnight military attack that followed months of rising tensions.Ahead of a news conference held at his Mar-...

The United States’s attack on Venezuela and the purported “capture” of President Nicolas Maduro have drawn heated reactions in Washington, DC, amid months of mounting tensions between the two countries.Democratic lawmakers have largely condemned US President Donald Trump’s actions on Saturday against the South American country and...

United States President Donald Trump has said that Washington will “run” Venezuela until a political transition can take place, hours after US forces bombed the South American country and “captured” its president, Nicolas Maduro.Speaking during a news conference on Saturday, Trump said the US would “run the country until such time...

US President Donald Trump and his allies have defended the US attacks on Venezuela and the removal of President Nicolas Maduro from power amid widespread condemnation that the actions violate international law.Trump told reporters on Saturday that Maduro was “captured” after US military strikes on the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, f...

Tehran, Iran – Iranians are again experiencing internet disruptions amid ongoing protests across the country as state authorities warn against foreign sabotage and organise demonstrations.Internet users have since Thursday reported sporadic disruptions to home and mobile connections, with data from the US-based global internet infr...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reached the end of his latest trip to the United States and appears to have gained what he wants from President Donald Trump.Trump hailed Netanyahu after their meeting on Monday, calling him a “hero” and saying Israel – and by extension its prime minister – had “lived up to the plan 100...

United States President Donald Trump has unleashed another attack on Somali Americans, with the White House saying the administration is reviewing plans to strip citizenship from those convicted of fraud.The statements on Wednesday came a day after the Trump administration froze $185m in federal subsidies for low-income childcare a...

The United States Department of the Treasury has issued a new round of sanctions aimed at isolating Venezuela’s oil industry, as part of President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign against the South American country.The sanctions announced on Wednesday target four companies and their associated oil tankers, which are allegedly invol...

United States President Donald Trump announced he is ceasing his efforts to deploy federal troops to several Democratic-led cities in a major policy pivot.The announcement on Wednesday comes amid a series of legal setbacks to Trump’s efforts to deploy National Guard members to Chicago, Illinois; Los Angeles, California; and Portlan...

Islamabad, Pakistan – The setting was Mar-a-Lago, the personal residence of United States President Donald Trump, and the question concerned the fate of Russia’s war on Ukraine, which has been raging since February 2022.“We have stopped eight wars,” Trump said during a news conference on December 22, where he also announced a new c...

United States President Donald Trump’s government has frozen childcare payments to the state of Minnesota and launched audits of immigration cases involving Somali Americans, intensifying a campaign that critics say uses fraud investigations to target immigrant communities.The Department of Health and Human Services announced the f...

Mali and Burkina Faso have announced their plan to apply reciprocal visa bans to citizens of the United States, weeks after President Donald Trump included the West African countries in an expanded travel ban list.In separate letters shared late on Tuesday, both countries emphasised that the new measures were aimed at applying the...

This week, United States President Donald Trump confirmed that the US had struck a docking facility in Venezuela, marking the first military action on the South American country’s land since it began targeting Venezuelan shipping in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific in September 2025.Speaking to reporters as he met in Florida with...

On the very first day of his second term, United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a government panel tasked with rooting out waste, fraud and abuse.But as part of that effort, Trump made an announcement that alarmed privacy advocates.His administration...

Devastating floods ravaged multiple regions of the world in 2025, from Southeast Asia to North America and the Middle East.We asked climate experts what is causing the devastation and what governments should be doing to prevent the situation from becoming even worse in the coming year.Which places were worst hit by floods in 2025?“...

Scroll back through the last year, and the same words come up again and again.The top-trending terms of 2025, from artificial intelligence to Zohran Mamdani, shaped headlines across politics, conflict, technology and climate.As the year comes to a close, AJ Labs has compiled an A to Z list of names, places and issues that generated...

The United States military says it has killed or captured about 25 ISIL (ISIS) fighters in a wave of attacks over nine days in Syria.US Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees the US military’s Middle East operations, issued a statement on Tuesday marking the conclusion of the operations this month.Recommended Stories list of 3 i...

Washington, DC – The United States has issued sanctions against a Venezuelan company over accusations that it helped acquire Iranian-designed drones as Washington’s tensions with both Tehran and Caracas escalate.The penalties on Tuesday targeted Empresa Aeronautica Nacional SA (EANSA), a Venezuelan firm that the US Department of th...

It began on the first day of his second term, with instructions to the Department of Justice (DOJ) to end the "weaponisation" of prosecutorial power.But with those first strokes of his pen, President Donald Trump instead launched a year of dramatic changes to the Justice Department, the government body responsible for enforcing fed...

As the United States economy heads into 2026, the report card emerging on its performance is complicated.By many measures, the world’s largest economy appears to be in a strong position.After a tumultuous year marked by President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and his swing towards tariffs and protectionism, recent growth...

A federal judge has blocked the administration of President Donald Trump from stripping temporary protections from deportations for South Sudanese citizens living in the United States.US District Judge Angel Kelley in Boston, Massachusetts, granted an emergency request on Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by several South Sudanese nationa...

The administration of United States President Donald Trump has signed a deal committing $480m in public health aid to the Ivory Coast.The agreement, signed in the West African nation’s capital, Abidjan, on Tuesday, is the latest turn in the Trump administration’s America First Global Health Strategy.Recommended Stories list of 3 it...

United States President Donald Trump said the US carried out a land-based strike on Venezuela on Monday, marking a sharp escalation in Washington’s recent military activity against the South American nation.Trump said the operation had targeted a docking facility being used to load boats carrying narcotics. Venezuelan authorities,...

United States President Donald Trump has claimed an attack on a dock in Venezuela that he said was used to load “boats up with drugs”, marking the first known land strike by US forces in the Latin American country since Washington launched its pressure campaign four months ago.The announcement on Monday came as the US military said...

China has held two-day military drills – Justice Mission 2025 – around Taiwan, marking the sixth round of large-scale war games since 2022, when then-Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi visited the island.The exercise included 10 hours of live fire drills on Tuesday as Chinese forces practised encircl...

Washington, DC – For United States President Donald Trump, 2025 was a year of crisis.Roaring into office on January 20 on the heels of a raucous political comeback, the president’s own telling describes a series of actions that have been swift and stark.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Five key takeaways from Trump’s s...

United States President Donald Trump has warned Hamas of dire consequences if it fails to disarm, while also threatening to “quickly eradicate” and “knock down” any attempts by Iran to rebuild its nuclear programme.Trump issued the threats on Monday, after holding talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-La...

Trump’s meeting with Netanyahu comes after he touted progress in achieving a resolution to Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump have presented a united front and heaped praise on each other as they held another meeting to discuss the tensions in the Middle East.On Monday, Netanyahu paid his fifth visit to the United States since Trump’s inauguration in January, meeting the president at...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected Russia’s claim that his country carried out an attack on a residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed on Monday that the attack had taken place on Putin’s residence in northwestern Russia’s Novgorod region, using 91 long-range str...

The United States has said it will contribute only $2bn in United Nations humanitarian assistance – a small fraction of its traditional funding scope – as President Donald Trump’s administration continues to heavily downsize its role in foreign aid.The reduced commitment, released on Monday, is a sharp contrast to the assistance of...

United States President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy have expressed optimism that a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine is close following their talks in Florida, even as the thorny issue of territory remains outstanding.Addressing reporters after meeting Zelenskyy at the Mar-a-Lago estate and following a...

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has congratulated Honduran President-elect Nasry Asfura, whom President Donald Trump had endorsed, for his victory in the Central American country’s contentious election.The Department of State said on Friday that Rubio and Asfura in a phone call discussed collaboration on issues such as...

The state of New York will require social media platforms with infinite scrolling, autoplay and algorithmic feeds to display labels about their potential harm to young users’ mental health, Governor Kathy Hochul has announced.Hochul on Friday signed a bill that mandates the warning against “addictive” features into law.Recommended...

Washington, DC – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been warning of a grave Iranian threat to Israel and the world for more than 30 years.United States President Donald Trump heeded those warnings in June and bombed Tehran’s nuclear facilities. But it appears that Netanyahu is still not satisfied and will be pushing for...

Thousands of flights have been cancelled and delayed in the United States due to winter storm Devin, airline monitoring website FlightAware reports, dealing a blow to air travel during peak holiday time.A total of 1,581 flights “within, into or out of the” US were cancelled and 6,883 delayed as of 4pm US Eastern Time (21:00 GMT) on...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is to meet with his United States counterpart, Donald Trump, in Florida on Sunday to discuss territorial disputes that continue to block progress towards ending Russia’s war on Ukraine.Announcing the meeting on Friday, Zelenskyy said the talks could be decisive as Washington intensifies its e...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the United States to meet with President Donald Trump as regional turmoil approaches a boiling point amid Israel’s attacks in Palestine, Lebanon and Syria and mounting tensions with Iran.Netanyahu is to hold talks with Trump at the president’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Mond...